Collab.Net Provides Collaborative Hosting Environment for Sun Microsystems Open Source Developer Community.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Open Source Development Tools Provide Infrastructure for Netbeans.org Site Collab.Net - a leading provider of collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. development services, based on open source principles - today announced that Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. has selected the Collab.Net Project Hosting Environment See hosted environment. as the infrastructure for its netbeans.org community site. netbeans.org will host the source code and open source co-development project for Sun's Forte[tm] for Java[tm] Community Edition - the basis of an extensible Java integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE). Collab.Net is providing development hosting and support for the netbeans.org Web site and working closely with Sun to establish netbeans.org as a key open source virtual community for Java. (See related release titled: Sun Microsystems and Industry Leaders Join Forces to Revolutionize Software Development.) The source code for netbeans.org will be available under the Mozilla[tm] public licensing model. The Collab.Net Project Hosting Environment is a complete solution comprised of open source tools and proven development practices, which have been customized to enable global collaborative software development projects. In addition to hosting the Web site, Collab.Net will also be providing professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to Sun including: guidance for working with the open source community and management of the netbeans.org Web site. "With the netbeans.org community site, Collab.Net is helping Sun deliver on its promise to release the source code for Forte for Java An earlier family of Java development environments from Sun. The products included an editor, compiler, debugger, object browser and JavaBean creator plus the ability to edit and view HTML files. Community Edition," said David Taber, Director of Business Development, Forte Tools, Sun Microsystems. "We chose to work with Collab.Net on this project because they provide the unique experience needed to create an open source community around this software. The success of netbeans.org is important to Sun's plans, as it will enable Java developers to access the skills and resources within the open source community and dramatically increase the level of innovation around Java development tools." "Collab.Net is looking forward to working with Sun to create a new market opportunity for netbeans.org," said Brian Behlendorf Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the , co-founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Collab.Net. "Sun's move to build an open source project around Forte for Java Community Edition and netbeans.org will allow Java technology developers, from both the open source and traditional software camps, to benefit greatly from access to these tools." Forte for Java -- An Extensible, Scalable Product Line Forte for Java, Community Edition provides a modular Java technology development environment that delivers integrated visual design, editing, compilation and debugging capabilities to create full-featured Web-enabled applications based on the Java programming language. Forte for Java, Community Edition is completely cross-platform compatible, enabling development on the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. , Linux and Windows platforms. About Collab.Net Project Hosting Environment This single solution provides a medium for hosting source code and accessing a robust set of software development tools. This environment is a cohesive Web-based, open source development platform that offers simple, powerful and intuitive access to features including: code versioning, source code browsing, automatic change notification, mailing lists and discussion forums and issue tracking Web administration. About Collab.Net Collab.Net provides companies with tools and services for collaborative software development by combining open source community expertise with business excellence. Collab.Net's offerings include: a developer marketplace, hosting services with lifecycle management capabilities, and professional services to facilitate software development across a worldwide community. Collab.Net is currently working with customers ranging from Application Service Providers (ASPs) to Internet firms, hardware and software providers to companies from industries such as marketing and publishing. Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (open source, body) Apache Software Foundation - (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages the development of the Apache web server, dozens of XML- and Java-based projects (under the name Jakarta), the Ant build tool, the Geronimo J2EE server, the SpamAssassin anti-SPAM tool, and , founded Collab.Net in July 1999. For more information, see www.collab.net. Collab.Net is a trademark and sourceXchange is a servicemark of Collab.Net, Inc. Any other product brand names used are the property of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Forte and all Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Mozilla is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. . |
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